The Joy of Sect

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Homer: Homer no function beer well without.

Homer: Out of my way, jerkass!

Lisa: Watch yourself, Dad - you're the highly suggestible type.
Homer: Yes, I am the highly suggestible type.

Homer: Wait, I'm confused about the movie - so the cops knew that Internal Affairs were setting them up?

Homer: Oh, I have not been brainwashed...kill the girl... kill the girl...

Homer: Marge, when I join an underground cult I expect a little support from my family.

Sect member: You're family will be housed here for the first 100,000 years, then something might open up in a double.
Homer: Why even unpack?

Marge: When we got married, you promised me my harvesting days were over.

Mr. Burns: You see me as a god, Smithers?
Smithers: Absolutely, sir.
Mr. Burns: You'd kneel before me?
Smithers: Boy, would I!

Homer: Marge, you're the leader? You don't look anything like the beans.

Homer: Look at those morons! I paid my taxes over a year ago!

Lisa: The government has no right to use you this way
Homer: Quiet honey, you don't know how big this government is - it goes all the way to the president!

Agent: Mr. Simpson, this government computer can process over nine tax returns per day. Did you really think you could fool it?
Homer: No sir, I'm really sorry sir, an older boy told me to do it.

Homer: No sir, please I can't go to prison. They pee in a cup and throw it on you. I saw it in a movie.
Agent: You won't be seeing any prison movies where you're going - prison!

Homer: If I don't hear you, it's not illegal!

Lenny: I've always wondered what it would feel like to wear something that's been ironed.

Homer: Any of you involved in any illegal activity? 'Cause I could sure go for some!

Agent: Let's take a walk.
Homer: Walk? That wasn't part of the deal...

Narrator: This film will self-destruct...if not stored properly.

Homer: (looking at the trillion dollar bill) Wow, that must be worth a fortune.

Mr. Burns: (to Castro) Look with your eyes, not with your hands.
Homer: Mr. Burns, I think we can trust the President of Cuba!

Movmentarian: Would you rather have beer, or eternal happiness?
Homer: (pause) What kind of beer?

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Notes

• The sign at Springfield Airport reads: "No Crashes Since Tuesday".
• Books in the Movementarians' classroom include "Arithmetic the Leader's Way" and "Science for Leader Lovers".
• People who weren't brainwashed by the Movementarians: Marge, Reverend Lovejoy, the Flanders', Lenny, Burns, Smithers and Groundskeeper Willy (at least at first).

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References

• This episode's title references the book "The Joy of Sex".
• Marge is chased by a giant bubble which emerges from a river, referencing the 60's cult TV series "The Prisoner".

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